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Vehicular movement along the Kaligandaki corridor has been obstructed due to a landslide at Dablyang in Baglung Municipality-10.

According to Basanta Pandey, Public Information Officer of the Baglung Police, a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall since Tuesday evening completely disrupted the corridor. 

There is a least chance of road clearance immediately as the rain has not stopped, he said.

United States President Donald Trump has said his administration will send more weapons to Ukraine after an earlier decision to halt some arms shipments drew condemnation from Kyiv and its supporters, Aljazeera reported.

Speaking to reporters ahead of a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC on Monday, Trump said the new shipments would be primarily comprised of “defensive weapons”.

“We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump said.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the growing death toll in Russia's war with Ukraine, Reuters reported.

Trump, who pledged as a presidential candidate to end the war within a day, has not been able to follow through on that promise and efforts by his administration to broker peace have come up short.

Trump directed his ire at Putin on Tuesday during a meeting with cabinet officials at the White House.

"I'm not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now," Trump said, noting that Russian and Ukrainian soldiers were dying in the thousands.

"We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin ... He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless," Trump said, according to Reuters.

Spanish authorities ordered more than 18,000 residents of the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors on Tuesday and several dozen were evacuated as a wildfire raged out of control, consuming almost 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of vegetation, Reuters reported.

Large parts of Spain are on high alert for wildfires after the country experienced its hottest June on record. Two people died in a wildfire on July 1 in the region of Catalonia where Tarragona is located.

The latest fire broke out early on Monday in a remote area near the village of Pauls, where strong winds and rugged terrain have hampered firefighting efforts, authorities said. An emergency military unit was deployed early on Tuesday alongside more than 300 firefighters working in the area.

"Since midnight, firefighters have been battling the blaze with gusts of wind reaching up to 90 kilometres per hour (56 miles per hour)," Catalonia's regional firefighting service said, adding that the strong Mistral wind was expected to ease by the afternoon, according to Reuters.

The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people still missing, Reuters reported.

According to figures released by Governor Gregg Abbott, authorities were seeking more than 180 people whose fate remained unknown four days after one of the deadliest U.S. flood events in decades.

The bulk of fatalities and the search for additional victims were concentrated in Kerr County and the county seat of Kerrville, a town of 25,000 residents transformed into a disaster zone when torrential rains struck the region early last Friday, flooding the Guadalupe River basin.

The bodies of 94 flood victims, about a third of them children, have been recovered in Kerr County alone as of Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said at a late-afternoon news conference after touring the area by air, according to Reuters.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Donald Trump's administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping downsizing of numerous agencies, a decision that could lead to tens of thousands of layoffs while dramatically reshaping the federal bureaucracy, Reuters reported.

Tuesday's ruling stemmed from an executive order Trump issued in February ordering agencies to prepare for mass layoffs. At Trump's direction, the administration has come up with plans to reduce staff at the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs and more than a dozen other agencies.

In a brief unsigned order, the court said the Trump administration was "likely to succeed" in its argument that his directives were legally within his power.

The decision is the latest win for Trump's broader efforts to consolidate power in the executive branch. The Supreme Court has sided with Trump in several cases on an emergency basis since he returned to office in January, including clearing the way for implementation of some of his hardline immigration policies, according to Reuters.

Currently monsoon winds have an influence across the country and the low pressure line of the monsoon is located in the surrounding area, the Weather Forecasting Division said. 

There will be partial to generally cloudy weather across the country this afternoon. 

According to the Division, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning in some places in the hilly areas of Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini provinces among others. 

There is a chance of heavy rain in one or two locations in the Gandaki, Karnali, and Sudurpaschim provinces. 

Additionally, there is a likelihood of light to moderate rain and snowfall in some areas of the high hills and mountainous regions. 

Similarly, there will be partial to generally cloudy weather across the country tonight. 

In some places of the hilly areas of Koshi, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpaschim Provinces, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning. 

In one or two locations in the Koshi, Gandaki, Lumbini, and Sudurpaschim Provinces, heavy rain is expected.

Light to moderate rain and snowfall is likely to take place in some areas of the high hilly and mountainous regions of the country. 

The Division has warned of the risk of floods and landslides due to the potential rain, urging the public in urban and Terai areas to stay alert of possible inundation. 

In view of rising water levels in large and small rivers and streams and subsequent impacts on daily life, the  Division has urged the public and all concerned agencies to adopt necessary precautions and preparations. 

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inspected the flood-hit areas in Rasuwa district. 

During the visit, Prime Minister Oli held discussions with the local administrators, people's representatives and local residents there regarding the losses, rescue and relief.   

So far, 20 people have been reported missing in the disaster including three Nepali Police personnel, five drivers, six workers of the dry port and six Chinese nationals.

Likewise, the plant of the 111 megawatt capacity Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project and the Chilime Hydropower Project of 20 megawatts have suffered damages leading to the suspension of power generation from the two projects. 

The flood in the Lhende river also swept away the Miteri Bridge along the Nepal-China border, disconnecting the cross border connectivity there. 

Prime Minister Oli was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Energy Minister Dipak Khadka, PM's chief advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, chief secretary of government Eaknarayan Aryal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song and chiefs of all four security bodies in the inspection team.